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Davasta jokes about almost being blinded by looking at the sun. Years ago I saw a guy who had six little yellowish discs scattered about the area of the retina that provides us with our clearest vision (the macula). None were exactly central (foveal)because he couldn't hold central fixation long enough to damage the fovea. I asked if he knew how he might have acquired that retinal damage and he told me that one day he had decided that his eyes needed vitamin D so he stared at the sun. He died about twenty years ago of causes unrelated to his solar experiment. He had no children.

I, for one, would enjoy reading more on the topic introduced, and the various sidetracks it takes. So far, I have been impressed with the vast amount of knowledge from the "unlettered" on this forum. Equally impressive is the ability for everybody to control themselves from political catfights and the overall respect granted to each memeber. Most impressive are the wisecracks and humor. It would seem that the "inductive" method of scientific exploration would welcome differing viewpoints. My own view is that scientific knowledge is the sum total of all tested ideas, instead of the accepted orthodoxy of "scientists."

Pondsea,

Unfortunately once a topic turns to politics or religion things get out of hand even with the best of foks. Bob is right about keeping GW'ing off of here. There are very strong feelings about it on both sides.

Cecil,
Yeah I gues you are right. Too bad though. Some of the thread was gettin kind of interesting. I was curious about the sunspots. Never heard that before. I can see how it could go south however if somebody didn't monitor it.

It's O.K. to talk about sunspots I would think That doesn't have to be about global warming and I didn't post it with global warming in mind.